WEBVTT - Relax when you have a short weekend

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about how to relax and recharge when

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<v Speaker 1>you don't get a full Friday evening to Monday morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Weekend weekends are great, but for various reasons, people can

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<v Speaker 1>wind up with short ones. Maybe you've got a side hustle,

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<v Speaker 1>or you're taking weekend classes, Maybe your days off just

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<v Speaker 1>don't happen consecutively, or maybe your job is going through

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<v Speaker 1>a particularly busy season. That was the case for Before

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<v Speaker 1>Breakfast listener named Robin. Robin wrote in that I co

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<v Speaker 1>own a small business with my brother that is a

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<v Speaker 1>motorcycle dealership, and therefore we trade six days per week. However,

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<v Speaker 1>Robin says sometimes there are exceptions and other bits and

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<v Speaker 1>pieces get in the way of our five day week. Events.

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<v Speaker 1>People on leave extremely busy periods. We are currently entering

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<v Speaker 1>our busiest period of the year, which is great because

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<v Speaker 1>we have to take advantage of this period to make money.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'll be working four to five weeks in a

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<v Speaker 1>row where I need to do a six day week.

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<v Speaker 1>I love my job, but that doesn't stop me needing

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<v Speaker 1>downtime and time away. What strategies do you suggest I

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<v Speaker 1>can use to make myself feel like I've actually had

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<v Speaker 1>a break from work. I hate that I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I blink and my weekend four pm Saturday a m

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<v Speaker 1>Monday is gone. We all hate this feeling of a

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<v Speaker 1>weekend gone too quickly. So here are my tips for

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<v Speaker 1>Robin and anyone else who has a six day work week. First,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have limited leisure time, then your leisure time

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<v Speaker 1>is too precious to be totally leisurely about leisure. That

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<v Speaker 1>means it's important to be intentional about your time. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying you have to schedule every minute. Robin

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<v Speaker 1>deals without enough at work, and probably you do too.

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<v Speaker 1>Go into your thirty nine hours off for however long

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<v Speaker 1>it is, with say three ideas of things that would

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<v Speaker 1>add to your energy levels. Maybe one could happen that

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<v Speaker 1>first evening, one the next day, and one the next evening.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing crazy, but something to make the time feel rich

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<v Speaker 1>and full. We did an episode a few weeks ago

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<v Speaker 1>about planning a great long weekend. During that episode, I

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<v Speaker 1>suggested doing something physical, something social, and something spiritual in

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<v Speaker 1>order to have a good weekend. Well, you might not

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<v Speaker 1>hit all of those in a thirty nine hour weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>you could certainly try. I think it's also good to

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<v Speaker 1>have an idea of what you'll do during downtime so

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<v Speaker 1>you don't mindlessly reconnect with the office. If you've only

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<v Speaker 1>got one day off, you really don't need to plug

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<v Speaker 1>in during this time. A good book might be a

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<v Speaker 1>better idea. And finally, just as with any other weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to compress the chores and errands. There's always

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<v Speaker 1>stuff you have to do, but if you've only got

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<v Speaker 1>one day off, you don't want to spend all of

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<v Speaker 1>it battling mall traffic. So set a small window. If

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't happen during this time, it probably wasn't that important.

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<v Speaker 1>So I gave these suggestions to Robin, and shortly after

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<v Speaker 1>that got a note back. Here's what Robin reported. I

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<v Speaker 1>have to say I had a great weekend. I took

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<v Speaker 1>your advice and tried to plan my time carefully. I

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<v Speaker 1>got home from work around four thirty pm Saturday. My

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<v Speaker 1>partner was away until Sunday night, so I had the

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<v Speaker 1>house to myself and decided to do some baking. This

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<v Speaker 1>is my spiritual It uplifts my soul so Robin spent

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<v Speaker 1>a lovely evening making pumpkin pie and pumpkin soup. Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>morning featured some chores, in this case getting the car washed.

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<v Speaker 1>I had needed to do this for weeks, Robin reported,

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<v Speaker 1>but reading a book while waiting improved the experience immensely. Continuing,

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<v Speaker 1>I then picked up my pushbike and headed to my

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<v Speaker 1>friend's house for an hour bike ride. That's the physical part,

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<v Speaker 1>and felt so good afterwards. Robin and the friend then

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<v Speaker 1>had breakfast at a cafe together, checking the social box

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<v Speaker 1>as well. So literally before noon on Sunday, Robin had

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<v Speaker 1>already done something spiritual, something physical, and something social. There

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<v Speaker 1>were a few extended family obligations in the afternoon, but

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<v Speaker 1>then Robin reports that I ducked home and picked up

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<v Speaker 1>my partner to go to dinner he had been home

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<v Speaker 1>a few hours earlier, and did a quick tidy of

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<v Speaker 1>the house when with another set of friends, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we were home by eight thirty to get a good

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<v Speaker 1>night's sleep. So there are plenty of people with three

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<v Speaker 1>day weekends who don't manage this much fun, And it

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<v Speaker 1>all happened because Robin was intentional. Even if there wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>that much time. If you have short weekends, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you do to make the most of them? You can

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<v Speaker 1>let me know at Before Breakfast podcast at iHeart media

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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